Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney announced the lightweight title rubber
match during Friday night’s Bellator
110 broadcast on Spike TV, though a venue was not announced for
the promotion’s pay-per-view debut.

Alvarez and Chandler first met in November 2011, with Chandler
scoring a fourth-round submission victory to lift the title from
the favored champion in a “Fight of the Year” nominee. Alvarez then
posted stoppage wins over Shinya Aoki
and Patricky
Freire before facing Chandler for a second time last year,
avenging his defeat to the previously unbeaten Missourian on Nov.19
in another classic confrontation.

After winning the Bellator title, Chandler defended his title twice
successfully, dominating Rick Hawn and
David
Rickels before coming up short on the judges’ scorecards in his
rematch with the 30-year-old Alvarez. Chandler owns 10 of his 12
career wins via stoppage, earning five knockouts and five
submissions to his credit over more than four years of competition.